And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
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Gill's Exposition
And when he saw that,.... That her design and resolution were to take away his life; the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Syriac versions read, "and he was afraid"; or frightened; he that had such…
Barnes' Notes
The rapid movement of the original is very striking. “And he saw (or, “feared,” as some read), and he rose, and he went, etc.” The fear and flight of Elijah are very remarkable. Jezebel’s threat…
Adam Clarke
He arose, and went for his life - He saw it was best to give place to this storm, and go to a place of safety. He probably thought that the miracle at Carmel would have been the means of effecting the…
One would have expected, after such a public and sensible manifestation of the glory of God and such a clear decision of the controversy depending between him and Baal, to the honour of Elijah, the…
Cambridge Bible
And when he sawthat] The LXX. reading וַיִרָא instead of the text וַיַרָא renders by καὶ ἐφοβήθη, -and he was afraid." And this makes a good sense. But it is not necessary. Elijah saw (mentally) from…
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